[Gllug] Re: IBM Thinkpads and Linux (john levin)

[Richard Cosgrove]

> > Message: 4
> > Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 14:16:38 +0100
> > From: Tom Schutzer-Weissmann <trmsw at yahoo.co.uk>
> > Subject: Re: [Gllug] Re: IBM Thinkpads and Linux (john levin)
> > To: Greater London Linux User Group <gllug at gllug.org.uk>
> > Message-ID: <1152882998.5159.3.camel at localhost.localdomain>
> >  Content-Type: text/plain

> > On Fri, 2006-07-14 at 11:50 +0100, Richard Cosgrove wrote:

> > Thanks for the advice.
> >
> > I think I have an Ubuntu live CD somewhere, from when I gave Linux a
> > try out (wanted to see what people on internet forums were talking
> > about).
> >
> > I'll see how that runs and take things from there.

> I've found that some thinkpads (R30, T40) need extra boot parameters,
> acpi=noirq, or pci=bios, to boot off a live CD. For what it's worth...

> Regards,
> Tom SW

Thanks.

And, huh?

- Richard
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